West Ham boss Slaven Bilic likens Dimitri Payet to Lionel Messi

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic compared Dimitri Payet to Lionel Messi after his latest wonder goal.
The Hammers were trailing Middlesbrough thanks to a header from Cristhian Stuani when Payet picked up the ball out on the left.
What happened next, even by Payet's standards, was remarkable as the France star beat half the Boro team before slotting the ball past keeper Victor Valdes.
He turned Antonio Barragan on the wing, breezed past Marten de Roon on the edge of the area and then skipped away from Calum Chambers and Ben Gibson before leaving George Friend on his backside as he rolled the ball... read more

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